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DENVER, CO - February 28, 2018 -- Paul Grundy, MD, MPH FACOEM FACPM, the godfather of the Patient Centered Medical Home movement and member of the Institute of Medicine, was hired by HealthTeamWorks as the Global Director of Healthcare Transformation. Paul joins the organization from IBM where he served as Chief Medical Officer for IBMs Healthcare and Life Sciences Industry and developed and executed strategies on transformation initiatives in... Read More

By BJ Dempsey
In an era where healthcare costs are high, it is essential that primary care practices address utilization of the hospital and provide appropriate follow-up and preventative services for the patients. Armed with this knowledge, a HealthTeamWorks practice facilitator assisted six primary care practices in developing transition of care processes. Most importantly, the workflows have sustained through staff turnover and leveraged the strengths and skills of all team members, keeping patients from hospital readmission and reducing... Read More

By Jaclyn King
Transformation is defined as thorough and dramatic change. There is no doubt that health care has required thorough change to shift from fee-for-service (FFS) to value-based payment. As practices and healthcare system begin to change, buy-in for the changes is essential for everyone. From patients, front office staff, back office staff, interdisciplinary team members, providers the medical neighbor, we cannot change alone.
Yet many funded practice transformation programs center on the idea of having change champions... Read More

From achieving recognition to hitting milestones in a value-based plan to optimizing workflow processes, HealthTeamWorks helped several practices meet a variety of different and important goals throughout the past year. Here are some shared key learnings in application:
Deep knowledge: We were not new to this work. But even with our experience, we were extremely grateful to have[our coachs]supportmoving through this process.[Her]deep knowledge of the NCQA application requirementsand how it translates to implementing internal... Read More

Many practices seek NCQA recognition to ensure that their patients get the best care at the right time. Participation in this program demonstrates a provider's commitment to follow specific guidelines to improve their patients health.
Here are some lessons learned from one of our clients, a provider system that is working with practices to achieve NCQA recognition *:
Its about the long-game: We learned that individuals going through PCMH recognition need to understand what practice transformation is and how to apply the tools to... Read More

David Ehrenberger MD
Chief Medical Officer, HealthTeamWorks
Ok, but transformation from What to What ?
From What
Most everyone agrees on the symptoms, findings and diagnosis of the problems that face healthcare today: fragmentation of care providers, healthcare economics that favor hospital, payer and physician welfare over that of communities and at times, it includes patients, disintegrated and inefficient health information technology, and harried and disenfranchised primary care providers. Oh, and lets not... Read More

If youve spent any time in your career as a trainer, youve heard the words: Its a training issue. More often than not, its not a training issue, but something else.
There is a misconception that attending a training event or activity will resolve performance issues or magically transform an employees skills or competencies. In fact, the training event is only the beginning.
At HealthTeamWorks, we recognize the intention behind sending a team member to a training event is to drive business results and ultimately provide a return on... Read More

I am excited to share with you our expanded workforce development trainings and workshops. Over the past few months, our training team has been busy not only providing a series of trainings, but they have also been cooking up exciting new offerings for 2018.
I am excited to share with you our expanded workforce development trainings and workshops. Over the past few months, our training team has been busy not only providing a series of trainings, but they have also been cooking up exciting new offerings for 2018.
Starting with our first... Read More

Heather Walker
Learning Experience Designer
In July 2011 HealthTeamWorks began training Quality Improvement Coaches, Practice Facilitators, and Practice Managers in methods of successful practice facilitation using principles of Quality Improvement. Since then, we have hosted over 200 participants from healthcare practices and systems from around the country.
Our goal is to create a learning environment in which facilitators learn new tools such as creating strong teams with effective leadership, building consensus, getting... Read More